Finger-nail guard or protector



(1 10 Model.)

J. J. STOLL.

FINGER NAIL GUARD 0R PROTECTOR v i No. 408,052. Patented July 30, 1889.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN JOSEF STOLL, OF BROOKLYN, NEIV YORK.

FlNGER-NAlL GUARD OR PROTECTOR.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 408,052, dated July 30,1889.

' Application filed March '7, 1889. Serial No. 302,288. (No model.) I

To all whom, it may concern:

Be it known that 1, JOHN JOsEF STOLL, a citizen of the United States,residing at Brooklyn, in the county of Kings and State of New York, haveinvented new and useful Improvements in Finger-Nail Guards orProtectors, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to a finger-nail protector which is readilymanufactured and readily applied; and the invention consists in thedetails of construction set forth in the following specification andclaims, and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1shows a guard. or protector applied to use. Fig. 2 shows a plan view ofa guard or protector. Fig. 3 is a view similar to Fig. 2, the bucklebeing removed, and the device in Fig. 3 being of smaller size than thatof Fig. 2.

Similar letters indicate corresponding parts.

The protector or guard is made of suitable flexible material. Aconvenient material is vellum, which is flexible and tough, and readilyobtainable, as scraps thereof can frequently be found in music storesand other places, and as vellum is quite translucent a guard made ofvellum will not be readily noticeable on the finger at a small distancefrom the wearer.

The guard consists of the body A, having an attaching-strap B and buckleO. The buckle is readily attached by providing the body .A with a flapD, passing the tongue of the buckle through the eye or hole E, and thenpassing the flap D back and forth through the slits F, as seen in Fig.2. The edge G of the body A is shaped to conform to the finger-nail whenthe device is applied to use.

The device is applied by placing the edge G to correspond with the edgeof a fingernail or to project slightly beyond the edge of said nail, andthe strap B is then passed through the buckle O and tightly drawn, so asto firmly secure the guard inplace. The strap B is made to projectforward, as seen in Fig. 2, so that said strap will sit in front of theswell or highest point of the innerface of the first joint. The pressureexerted upon .the edge G will thus not be able to force the guardbackward, since the strap B cannot slip back over the swell of thefinger-joint.

The guard is serviceable in playing such musical instruments as thezit-her, the playing of which sometimes causes abrasions andinflammations of the nail and finger when unprotected.

hat I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. A finger-nail protector consisting of the body A, having anattaching-strap and buckle and having its edge G shaped to correspond tothe edge of the finger-nail, substantially as described.

2. A finger-nail protector consisting of the body A, having anattaching-strap and buckle and having its edge G shaped to correspond tothe edge of the finger-nail, the attachingstrap being extended forwardin front of the swell of the finger-joint to prevent the guard beingpressed backward, substantially as described.

, In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in the presence oftwo subscribing witnesses.

JOHN JOSEF STOLL.

Vitnesses:

J. VAN SANTvooRD, W. O. HAUFF.

